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Steeple Dorset Map

Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West

Explore Steeple, Dorset with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Steeple map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Steeple, Dorset

How to Use This Steeple, Dorset Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Steeple, Dorset, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceSteeple
Traditional CountyDorset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.629871
Longitude-2.127166
Place TypeHamlet

About Steeple

Limestone walls and weathered stone cottages define the quiet character of Steeple, a place where the air carries the salt-scent of the nearby coast. It lies 4.0 miles south of Wareham (from Wareham: bearing 191°T, OS grid SY 911 811), and is situated north-north-west of Kimmeridge village. The land rises with a deliberate, heavy grace towards the Purbeck Ridge (West) Sssi, where the wind scours the chalk and keeps the grasses low. To the east, the curated grounds of Steeple Manor offer a brief, sheltered respite of formal greenery against the wilder, exposed edges of the ridge. The horizon here is dominated by the stubborn permanence of the earth, as if the landscape itself were a manuscript written in shifting shades of grey and ochre. Further north, the stark silhouette of Grange Arch stands as a solitary sentinel, marking the passage of centuries against the changing light. Steeple persists in this ancient fold of Dorset, unbothered by the frantic pulse of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Steeple Manor (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.1 mi, 121° ESE · 2 ha
  • Grange Arch (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 014° NNE
  • Purbeck Ridge (West) Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.5 mi, 309° NW · 145 ha
  • Ridgeway Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 037° NE
  • Great Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 0.5 mi, 333° NNW
  • Creech Grange Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.7 mi, 007° N
  • The Harp Stone (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 118° ESE
  • West Creech Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 285° WNW
  • Museum of Jurassic Marine Life (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 157° SSE
  • Bowl Barrow In Pomfrey'S Plantation (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 328° NNW
  • Oval Barrow At The Western End Of Stonehill Down, 800M South West Of East Creech Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 056° NE
  • Fine Foundation Marine Centre (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 185° S
  • Charnel (Wetland) — 1.6 mi, 206° SSW
  • Mare Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 334° NNW
  • Smedmore House (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 150° SSE
  • Tyneham (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 254° WSW
  • Gwyle Cottages (Historic Ruins) — 1.9 mi, 254° WSW
  • Tyneham Post Office (Historic Ruins) — 1.9 mi, 255° WSW
  • Tyneham School (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 255° WSW
  • Blue Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.0 mi, 049° NE
  • Creech Bottom (Valley) — 2.1 mi, 023° NNE
  • Pool Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.1 mi, 316° NW
  • Luckford Lake (River) — 2.4 mi, 293° WNW
  • Encombe (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.8 mi, 130° SE · 337 ha
  • Corfe Common (Park) — 3.0 mi, 092° E
  • Cow Corner (Wetland) — 3.1 mi, 260° W
  • Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 070° ENE
  • Corfe Castle Town Trust Museum (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 079° E
  • Corfe Castle (Castle) — 3.1 mi, 077° ENE
  • Corfe Castle Model Village (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 079° E

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About This Steeple Map Page

Explore Steeple, Dorset, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.629871, -2.127166. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.